Friday, January 17, 2020

Where The Jalopies Ran

According to a 1955 article in the Sunbury Daily Item, 

"Jalopies are limited to American Passenger Cars with Motors, Bodies and Chassis from 1932 to 1948"
Race  tracks popped up across the country after WWI.  Veterans came home with money in their pockets and a need for excitement.   In The History of America's Speedways Past and Present, Alan E. Brown lists 47 Ovals, 50 Drag Strips, 19 Road Courses, & 24 Figure Eight tracks that have existed in PA. Here are some that once were in out area:
The Daily Item
May 18 2012

The Sunbury Daily Item
Oct. 21 1955

This ad ran in the Sunbury Daily Item
October 18 1941

July 7 1952


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